adventure
A feeling of desire for new and exciting things.
Noun 4 meanings
A feeling of desire for new and exciting things.
“his sense of adventure”
A remarkable occurrence; a striking event.
“a life full of adventures”
A daring feat; a bold undertaking, in which dangers are likely to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; the encountering of risks.
A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.
Verb 3 meanings
To risk oneself; to dare to go somewhere or undertake something.
To dare to say or utter.
To risk or hazard; jeopard.
Etymology
From Middle English aventure, aunter, anter, from Old French aventure, from Vulgar Latin *adventūra, from Latin adventūrus (“about to arrive, (Vulgar Latin) about to happen”), future active participle of adveniō (“to arrive”), which in the Romance languages took the sense of "to happen, befall" (see also advene).
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ADVENTURE at a glance
ADVENTURE has 9 letters and scores 13 points in Scrabble (A 1 + D 2 + V 4 + E 1 + N 1 + T 1 + U 1 + R 1 + E 1) and 16 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,140 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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